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FWIW I do think that investment outside of London and moving decision making would be a good idea to achieve some of what Oliver is trying to get at.
I agree, and I do think that moving to a truly federal state, with equal say for Wales NI and Scotland would be the only way to save the Union - but that ship has sailed.
We have an electorate that will continue to vote for an authoritarian, nationalist party - who will continue to centralise power and will do precisely nothing to upset their core voter, who already owns their house and has done very well from the status quo.
If young people voted then this would change - but they don't, so it won't, and they'll continue to get what they're given as power continues to be retained by an increasingly geriatric block of society.
Moving the HoL to Hull, and massive investment in the regions that is controlled by the regions would be a desirable change, but what will happen instead is a whole bunch of Freeport's to move Southern businesses North, and more centralisation of power along with the standard Tory investment strategy of rewarding success and starving failure.
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The elephant in the room is that London is a global city, which in turn invites global competition. Whatever numbers you want to attach to it, a huge portion of UK GDP is created by London. That wealth exists by virtue of London being London.
There is lots that can be devolved or improved about the rest of the country, but it's impossible to remove the distortion of arguably one of the best cities in the world in a country this size without removing it.
FWIW I do think that investment outside of London and moving decision making would be a good idea to achieve some of what Oliver is trying to get at.